What is a community land trust?

A Community Land Trust (CLT) is a legal entity that provides affordable housing and facilities for low-income residents. CLT homeowners own their homes, but lease the land underneath it from the CLT. Generally speaking, the land lease contains restrictions on future sale prices, ensuring affordable for generations.

Affordable Housing and Community Facilities

NCLT sells affordable condominiums and single family homes; leases offices and homes to non-profit organizations, cooperatives and co-housing communities; and rents affordable apartments to low-, very-low and extremely low income households.

CLT Consultation and Training

NCLT’s consultation and training services include assisting potential new and existing housing organizations such as tenant-initiated co-ops, emerging CLTs, and other groups wanting to create or expand permanently affordable housing & community facilities.

CLT Policy Advocacy

NCLT helps to expand the CLT movement by creating and participating in local, state and national CLT networks. Through these networks NCLT works to organize and educate in order to influence public policy.